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NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DESIGN C<strong>ON</strong>CEPTS<br />

FOR SABOTAGE PROTECTI<strong>ON</strong><br />

Volume I<br />

1. INTRODUCTI<strong>ON</strong><br />

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The objectives of this program are to estimate the potential<br />

value of various configurations of plant design and damage control<br />

measures in providing protection againgt sabotage at commercial light<br />

water reactor (LWR) power plants and to establish the impact of such<br />

measures on facility costs, operations, and safety. The program<br />

emphasizes new designs and future construction: therefore, design<br />

changes that might be retrofitted to existing plants or to plants<br />

under construction are not addressed here. Phase I of this program<br />

was structured to identify a range of measures, document them in a<br />

consistent fashion, provide. a preliminary evaluation, and select the<br />

most promising ones for further consideration in Phase 11. Phase 11<br />

wan thus intended to provide a limited number of detailed designs with<br />

a more complete evaluation of values and impacts. This report details<br />

Phase I of the program, summarizes the conclusions reached to date,<br />

a and makes some recommendations for additional study, including sub-<br />

stantial revision and redirection of Phase 11.<br />

b<br />

Background<br />

This program to investigate design concepts for sabotage protec-<br />

tion evolved fran the reconmendations of earlier studies 1,2,3,4 and<br />

from views expressed by representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory<br />

Canmission (<strong>NRC</strong>) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, the Advisory<br />

Committee on Reactor ~ afe~uards,~ and the nuclear power industry. 6

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